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9:30 a.m.
Leacock 738
Co-Chairs: Ann Yaxley and Kim Reany
1. Welcome and introductions
2. Special Guests - Debbie McAllister, Payroll - Update on Manual Cheque Administration Fee
- Anna Campana, Science APO - Lending and Learning Exchange
3. Updates
- Administration (Sharon Barqueiro)
- SIS (Kim Reany/Effie Poulis)
4. New Business
- None
5. Reminders and Follow-ups:
- Merit letter from AAG
- Flex Day request
6. Other Business
- Next meeting –May 20, 2008
7. APO Update (Kathy Lauer) – CLOSED SESSION
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
9:30 a.m.
Leacock 738
Co-Chairs: Ann Yaxley and Kim Reany
1. Welcome and introductions
2. Special Guest
- Alison Verkade, Manager Payroll, Records & Systems, HR Information Session on Shared Services
3. Updates
- Administration (Sharon Barqueiro)
- SIS (Kim Reany)
4. New Business - None
5. Reminders and Follow-ups:
- Merit letter from AAG
- Lois Manton’s retirement
- HR e-mail regarding Manual Cheque Administration Fee
6.Other Business
- Next meeting –April 1, 2008
- Volunteer for food
Friday, February 15, 2008
9:00 a.m.
Arts 160
Special Meeting - Arts Administrative Group
1. Welcome and introductions
2. Kathy Lauer (Area Personnel Office)
3. Susan Sharpe (Dean's Office)
4. Kim Reany (SIS)
5. Savy Marino (Associate Dean's Office-Academic Admin & Oversight)
6. Nancy Prsa (Faculty Finance Office)
7. Mary McDaid (Academic Administration)
8. Sharon Barqueiro (Administration)
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
9:30 a.m.
Leacock 738
Co-Chairs: Ann Yaxley and Kim Reany
1. Welcome and introductions
2. Special Guests from the Accounting Dept. (Lea Archambault, Antoinette Sama and Mavis Smith)
• update
• helpful hints, useful forms, suggestions and Q&A period
3. Updates
- ADMIN (Sharon Barqueiro) - postponed
- APO (Kathy Lauer)
- SIS (Kim Reany)
- BUDGET (Nancy Prsa or Jennifer Gumbley)
4. New Business: NONE
5. Reminders and Follow-ups:
- Letter from AAG to Principal re: 2007 M salary policy
- Accounting Department - “Financial Services”
- Lois’s retirement
6. Other Business
- Suggestions for topics/guests for future meetings
- Next meeting: Tuesday, 4 March 2008 - Volunteer for food for next meeting
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
9:30 a.m.
Leacock 738
Co-Chairs: Ann Yaxley and Kim Reany
1. Welcome and introductions
2. Special Guest
- Nathalie Cooke, Associate Dean, Research & Graduate Studies, Faculty of Arts
3. Updates
- APO (Kathy Lauer) – postponed until next meeting
- SIS (Kim Reany)
- FBO (Jennifer Gumbley)
4. New Business
- Lois Manton’s retirement
- HR e-mail regarding Manual Cheque Administration Fee
5. Reminders and Follow-ups:
- Merit letter from AAG
- Membership list
- Flex Day Report
- Hours of Operation
- Reminder of GST change
6. Other Business
- Next meeting – February 12, 2008
- Volunteer for food
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
9:30 a.m.
Leacock 232
AAG Special Meeting with Accounting
Arts Information Session
1. Introductions
2. Overview by Accounting
3. Specific concerns from Researchers and Research Assistants
4. Specific concerns from Administrative Staff
5. Questions
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
9:30 a.m.
Leacock 738
Co-Chairs: Ann Yaxley and Kim Reany
1. Welcome and introductions
2. Special Guests - Catherine Stace, Anie Lamarche and Cindy Mancuso, Career and Placement Service (CAPS)
Areas supported: Catherine Stace & Anie Lamarche (Anthroplogy, Economics, Political Science, Sociology, Industrial Relations, Interdisciplinary Studies, Canadian Studies) Anie Lamarche (langue et littérature françaises) Cindy Mancuso (English, History, Philosophy, Humanistic Studies, Women’s Studies, Art History & Communication, East Asian Studies, German, Hispanic Studies, Italian, Russian & Slavic Studies) - Patricia Archambault, Centraide (with Marie-Paule Duquette, Executive Director, Montreal Diet Dispensary)
3. Updates
- Arts Webpage (Kathleen Holden and Kim Reany)
- SIS (Kim Reany)
4. New Business - Neighborhood Watch (Ann Yaxley)
5. Reminders and Follow-ups:
- Special Meeting with Accounting, Dec 5 at 9:30 (discussion of problems and solutions)
- Merit
- Membership list
- Flex Day Report
- Hours of Operation
6. Other Business
****[NOTE: Item 2a) is for Ms ONLY. Other members can join us at 10:00 AM]****
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
9:30 a.m.
Leacock 738
Co-Chairs: Ann Yaxley and Kim Reany
1. Welcome and Introduction
2. Special Guests
a) Professor Bill Watson (Economics) and Professor Rob Wisnovsky (Islamic Studies) and Kathy Lauer as members of Faculty of Arts’ Non-Academic Merit Committee (NAMC)
b) Nasim Razavinia and Lesley Chalmers – Course Timetabling, ARRO
c) Carly Grossman – Communications Officer, Development Office, ARTS
3. Updates:
a) Sharon Barqueiro
- Hours of Operation per Unit
- Budget
b) Kim Reany (SIS)
c) Nancy Prsa (Budget)
4. New Business:
a) AAG membership
b) Helpful links for new academics (Brigitte Weiss-Dittmann)
c) Career packages for grad. students (Brigitte Weiss-Dittmann)
d) Deadlines for Production of Summer 2008 Calendar (Helen Wilicka)
5. Reminders and Follow-ups:
a) Additions or changes to the Compact please notify Dean & Sharon Barqueiro ASAP
b) Comments/reports on Summer 2007 Flex Days please email ASAP [committee members are: Amanda Barqueiro, Ann Yaxley, Kim Reany, Rose Marie Stano)
6. Other Business:
a) Confirmation of next meeting (Tues. 4 December 2007) [“Heads-up”: 4 December AAG meeting will include discussion time with Accounting representatives. Please prepare your questions and/or complaints and concerns ahead of time.]
b) Volunteers for food for future meetings
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****PLEASE NOTE EARLIER TIME START AND CHANGE OF ROOM FOR OCT 9 MEETING***
Please come and join us for a light breakfast anytime after 8:30 a.m.
The meeting will start promptly at 9:15 a.m.
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
9:15 a.m.
Ferrier Building, Room 230
Co-Chairs: Ann Yaxley and Kim Reany
1. Special Guests
- Professor Christopher Manfredi, Dean, Faculty of Arts
- Professor Tony Masi, Provost
- Professor Mary MacKinnon, Associate Dean, Academic Administration and Oversight
2. Introduction of New Members
3. Faculty of Arts Retreat 2008: “Faculty of Arts Development Plan for Administrative Professionals: Strategic Keys to Align Job Responsibilities with Training, Surrogates, Security and Career Development” (Sharon Barqueiro)
4. Flex Days Follow Up (Sharon Barqueiro)
5. Undergraduate Student Advising: New Faculty Initiative (Sharon Barqueiro)
6. Non-Academic Merit Exercise for Managers (Kathy Lauer)
7. SIS Update (Kim Reany)
8. FIS Update (Leila Al-Bassit)
9. New Business
- Problems with Processing Expense Reports, especially related to research expenses (Rose Marie Stano)
- ICS Icon (Ann Yaxley)
- 4th Annual Arts Internship Event (Anne Turner)
- Times of future AAG meetings (to coincide with Chairs/Directors Meetings)
- Interest in continuing Brown Bag Lunch, Walking Club
- Volunteer to set up for next meeting
- Future topics
10. Other Business
For your information we are including the links to various reports. These items may be part of the discussion by Professor Masi
- Principal’s Report https://www.mcgill.ca/principals-report-07/
- The White Paper https://www.mcgill.ca/files/provost/Strengths_and_Aspirations_June_2006.pdf
- Master Plan (Planning Base Working Paper) https://www.mcgill.ca/masterplan/documentation/workingbase/
- Principal’s Task Force on Student Life and Learning at McGill (Progress Report) https://www.mcgill.ca/studentlife/progressreport/
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